"Robert Reed - Treasure Buried" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Robert)

a problem of my own, a little thing . . . but it might be important. I donтАЩt know why,
but I keep getting this feeling.тАЭ

тАЬWell, great!тАЭ Mekal meant it. тАЬJesus, we get bonuses because of your
hunches. Soon as youтАЩre done with the pigeons, IтАЩll schedule you some extra time.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩve had time. I canтАЩt figure it out.тАЭ

тАЬReally . . . ?тАЭ
 тАЬMaybe, I was wondering . . . you could try, maybe. How about it? IтАЩll give
you the file codes, my notes, and you work on it. At your own pace. Give me a
vacation from the damned thing, okay?тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ Mekal was more surprised than suspicious. Wallace giving him
work? Trusting him with a puzzle beyond WallaceтАЩs reach? It took Mekal several
seconds to engage his ego, then he nodded and accepted the challenge. тАЬWhat the
hell, sure. IтАЩll muscle in time. CinтАЩs got volunteer stuff tonight, sheтАЩll be out of my
way . . . yeah, I can give this bird a try.тАЭ

Which he did. For several days he played with the birdтАЩs wings, looked into
its eyes, and accomplished nothing. For more than a week Wallace avoided his
associate, eavesdropping on the manтАЩs use of his files but nothing more. Wallace
had set things up to make nothing too obvious, yet heтАЩd left enough hints to lead in
proper directions. Or had he? What seemed transparently obvious to Wallace was
baffling Mekal. Mekal wasnтАЩt stupid by any means; but sometimes, watching the man
pull and replace files, Wallace felt like bursting into his office and shouting at him.
Telling him, тАЬItтАЩs so damned obvious. Just think about it this way!тАЭ

тАЬWhat I think,тАЭ Mekal reported next week, тАЬis that itтАЩs useless crap. ItтАЩs
something persistent, sure, but thatтАЩs because of structural properties. Nothing
else.тАЭ

тАЬNot true,тАЭ Wallace replied without doubts. тАЬAnd whyтАЩs it everywhere? Can
you explain its distribution?тАЭ

тАЬI know, I know. It looks odd, youтАЩre right. The same parts are always the
same, regardless of species. The middle stuff varies, and I canтАЩt explain why. Maybe
a dead old virus code тАФтАЭ

тАЬInside oak trees and people?тАЭ

тАЬA universal virus, maybe?тАЭ

тАЬBut not inside a woman who died thirty thousand years ago. Nor in any of
the incomplete fossil samples.тАЭ

тАЬA genetic fart then.тАЭ Mekal tried laughing.

тАЬYouтАЩre going to give up?тАЭ Wallace spoke as if injured. [He wasnтАЩt. He was
panicky.] тАЬIтАЩve been working on it for years. YouтАЩve already done a good job